Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:54:46 -0800
Reply-To: Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
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From: Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Subject: Re: Morning Gnarliness: how to deal with
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1. Improve diet
2. Stop eating
3. Install bedpan on wheelchair
4. Carry moss to add after completion of job (this is for real, people with outhouses do this to control odor)
5. Those hockey puck sized deodorizers often found in public restrooms
6. Camp at Wal-Mart
7. Carry many buckets and put full ones on trailer until you can dispose of them(note: keep trailer downwind)
8. Keep bucket SECURELY tied down at all times!
9. Do not eat dinner, this will delay issue until after breakfast when you can more easily get to proper facilities
10. Get better ideas from someone else as I obviously am no help on this
Mark in AK
----- Original Message -----
From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 4:21 pm
Subject: Morning Gnarliness: how to deal with
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Okay, I need to ask about an unpleasant subject. I am referring to whatsome call "dropping the kids off at the pool," or "delivering a package."
>
> Under normal camping circumstances, I wander -- sometimes hurriedly -- to the loo provided by the campground. Vault toilet, outhouse, whatever. In more primitive camping environments, where appropriate, I dig a
> cat hole far from camp and water and take care of business whilst taking in the view. It helps to whistle a jaunty tune to warn off others who might also be out for a morning "constitutional."
>
> I have never considered packing a commode in the Westy (though I know others do) mainly out of consideration for the missus. I rise earlier than her and I'd not want to assault her slumber with the dark, nefarious
> goings-on and sound effects which invariably result during my tussle with Ma Nature. Nor with the lingering after-effects. That would just be wrong.
>
> But with this broken foot, getting to the campground facilities in a timely and safe manner is no Swiss picnic.
>
> So this weekend I'm going camping by myself while Mrs Squirrel visits with girlfriends in SoCal, and I'm picking up one of those commode seat thingsthat sits atop a 5-gallon paint bucket. I reckon that plastic bags and some kitty litter to help keep things under control in the bags should work okay. I would appreciate hearing tips from others who may have already sorted out techniques for dealing with bucketdrops.
>
> Those who own and use fancier, swankier, commodes can start their own thread, this one's mine and I'm not letting go.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
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